Welsh and Cantonese
Countries
Wales
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Wales
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Hawaii
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
English Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
British Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
晚上好
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
下午好
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
请
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
遗憾
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
我爱你
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
原谅我
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Argentina
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Powys
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
gallois
Not Available
German Name
Kymrisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Not Available
Origin
9th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Not Available
Branch
Brythonic
Not Available
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
cy
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
cym
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
wel
Not Available
ISO 639 3
cym
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
cant1236
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Welsh and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Welsh and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Cantonese Speaking population
Welsh and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Welsh and Cantonese on Welsh vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Cantonese Language Codes
Welsh and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.